The Artist

i'm a 29 year old hardcore pinko vegan pacifist metalhead
loner blue-oyster-cult-worshipping computer nerd and sometimes
revolutionist. you know, one of those. i'm also the webmaster
of
tenthirtytwo.com, and a reluctant career cook. you
can send me hate mail and/or love letters here.

The Format

i love comics. i've wanted to make my own
for as long as i can remember, but felt limited by an inability
to draw. when I read a softer world
for the first time, all that changed. it rewired my brain.
after wading through its archives and others like it, the
proverbial wheels were in full spin.

The Photos

i guess photography has always been my birthright. my
father, and his father before him, were shutterbugs. in the
spring of 2005, I picked up a fuji finepix s3000 digital (and a
finepix s5000 in the months following) and was on my merry way
to joining them. "dreaming out loud" draws upon a motley
assortment of their kodachromes and my own snapshots.

The Font

in 2005, i acquired a mid-30's underwood
portable typewriter. on a whim, i set out to create a typeface
from this unit. after a few hours of typing, scanning, and
hurling expletives at my outdated version of fontographer, "underwood
jack" was born (duly named for my grandfather). you can
download the beta version here.

Thank You

Robyn & Mike Piper: a perfect marriage of pictures and
words.

Joan & Paul Pelon: they conceived & birthed me, so in
some way, this is all their fault.

Emily & Jack Pelon: faith. honesty. hard work.
integrity. so many little lessons, and a debt i can never
repay, in this life or any other.

Jim Tyrrell: musician, artist, dreamer, friend. he may
just be the coolest guy I know.

Devin Eldridge: not only does she take some of the
photos, but tolerates the late nights, moodiness, and other
unsavory byproducts of the creative process.